The installation configuration file is created when you use the savestate option with the setup command to start an interactive installation. During the interactive installation, your input is collected and stored in the configuration file you specified. This forms the template for silent installation, which you can use later to install the product on one or more machines. If needed, you can modify the installation configuration file.
The following topics are addressed:
You cannot use the silent installation procedure to install the load balancing plugin on Web Server 7.0.
To create an installation configuration file on Solaris or Linux:
Navigate to the location of the installation file.
Create the configuration file. For the graphical method, the syntax for creating the configuration file is: ./distribution-filename -savestate configuration-filename
For the command-line method, the syntax is: ./distribution-filename -console -savestate configuration-filename
If you do not include a path to the installation configuration file, the file is created in the directory where you are running the installation program. You must have write permissions for the directory where the installation configuration file is created, otherwise the installer will not be able to create the installation configuration file after the installation is complete.
To create the installation configuration file on the Windows platform, start the installation program from the command line. Change to the directory where the installation file resides.
For the graphical method the syntax is: distribution-filename -savestate configuration-filename
For the command-line method, the syntax is: distribution-filename -console -savestate configuration-filename.
If you do not include a path to the installation configuration file, the file is created in the directory where you are running the installation program.